All of my mitten knitting (72 pairs and counting) has left me with lots of bits and bobs of fingering weight yarn. Having already crocheted a scrappy granny afghan this year, I cast about for other projects. Hipknitizer's Fiddly Bits cowl caught my eye. I loved the fabric, but could not stomach the thought of 90 stitches of Kitchener. So, I created my own variation - a scarf. It is still a hollow tube, the better to hide all those yarn ends, my dear. I worked the two ends in a semi-solid yarn to tie it together, but, again, left them open with the idea that if one were mittenless, one could use the scarf like a muff to keep them warm.
The other trick I used was to start with a provisional cast on. As I worked, I drifted from wider stripes to narrower. By working 2/3 and then working a ribbed band to finish, and them going back and working the other end in the opposite direction, I could make sure the two ends matched. This is nice since the two ends are usually side-by-side when worn.
And the name? What else would you call a simple, sock scrap, stockinette stitch scarf?